Tornado Watch 828

Issued

Sep 16, 2004, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)

Expired

Sep 16, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

10 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

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• Mesoscale Discussion 2221Sep 16, 7:03 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2222Sep 16, 9:09 AM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2224Sep 16, 1:16 PM CDT
• Mesoscale Discussion 2227Sep 16, 5:38 PM CDT

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 828
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1045 AM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 

       CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA
       CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
       FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING FROM 1045 AM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 110 STATUTE MILES EAST AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS GEORGIA TO 60 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROME GEORGIA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES TORNADO
WATCH NUMBER 826. WATCH NUMBER 826 WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT AFTER
1045 AM EDT. 

DISCUSSION...DIURNAL HEATING WILL LIKELY INCREASE INTENSITY OF
CONVECTIVE BANDS ROTATING AROUND IVAN WHERE VERY STRONG LOW LEVEL
SHEAR WILL BE SUPPORTIVE OF ROTATION AND A FEW TORNADOES THROUGH THE
EARLY EVENING. MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE PATH
OF IVAN/S CENTER.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXTREME
TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI
WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 16035.


...EVANS

315,0864 345,0862 345,0822 315,0830

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.